If you deactivate your account from your Account Settings page, your profile and all information associated with it disappears from the Facebook service immediately. People on Facebook will not be able to search for you or view any of your information.

In case you want to come back to Facebook at some point, we save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.) so that your account will look just the way it did when you left. A lot of people deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their profiles to be there when they return to the service.

If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added. If you would like your account permanently deleted with no option for recovery, log in to your account and then submit your request here.


If you are currently unable to access your account, you will need to reset your password in order to log in. In order to do so, click the "Forgot your password?" link that appears above the field where you would normally enter your password. Once you’ve followed the instructions to reset your password and can log in, you can deactivate or delete your account using the steps outlined above.

To delete your Page:

1. Click "Edit Page" underneath the profile picture when viewing your Page.
2. Select "Manage Permissions" from the left sidebar.
3. Click "Permanently delete this Page." Please keep in mind that once you delete your Page, there's no way to reinstate it.

You can remove an application you have allowed from the Applications You Use page. To get to that page, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the "Account" drop-down menu located at the top of any page on Facebook.
2. Click the "Edit your settings" link under the Applications and Websites section towards the bottom of the page.
3. Click on the application you'd like to remove. If you don’t see the application listed, you can find it by clicking the Edit Settings button towards the top right-hand side of the page.
4. You’ll then see an expanded view of your settings for that application. From here, you can click the "Remove application" link. Once you confirm you’d like to remove the application, it will no longer have access to your data and be removed from your profile, bookmarks, and your Applications and Games Dashboards.


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If you know your password and would like to change it, you can do so in the Password section on your Account Settings page, which you can access from the Account drop-down menu at the top of any page.

You can request a password reset by clicking the "Forgot your password?" link located near the "Login" button.

An event is deleted once all of the admins remove the event from their list of upcoming events. This can be done using the link at the bottom of the event's page or when changing your RSVP status. Alternatively, an admin has the option to cancel an event. A "Cancel this Event" link can be found after clicking "Edit Event" on the event's page. If you cancel the event, a notification will be sent to everyone who was invited. You have the option of writing a personal note that explains why you are canceling the event.

When viewing or editing any of your videos, click the "Delete" underneath the video you want to delete.